Weather Records on 1 August 1932

408 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1932. Highest significance: Hannibal 1 N, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 1932

On 1 August 1932, 408 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 396 daily.
Hannibal 1 N set a daily record precipitation of 86.1 mm (3.4 in) on 1 August 1932.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

408 stations

408 station records on 1 August 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sasvad	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jejuri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lenox	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meja	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lambrigg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shergarh	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

408 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 209.

Records on 1 August 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1932 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 396.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

326 broken records

Margins by which the 326 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1932

Top 20 records on 1 August 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1932	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Marshalltown, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Warsaw, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Mau, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Steffenville, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Sasvad, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Jejuri, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Forse, SE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Carlinville, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Lenox, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Louisiana Starks Nurse, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Koregaon, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Kiruna, SE	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Araluen Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Mt Ayr, US	all-time rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Keokuk L&D 19, US	monthly rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1932	Satara, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1797 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1932. 1932 had 408 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 1932-08-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	279
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1